1956: Completed by Cochrane & Sons Ltd, Selby (Yd. No. 1413) for Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood, as WYRE REVENGE. Registered at Fleetwood (FD432).
12.1958: On a trip to the Outer Hebrides (Sk. Jack Pickess). Put into Stornoway for medical treatment for deckhand William Eccles Holt who was having problems with a hand injury sustained while serving on another vessel. Berthed at Stornoway on Christmas Day but Mr. Eccles could not be found. Stornoway police dragged the harbour to no avail.
01.07. 1969: Transferred to British United Trawlers.
18.10.1974: Eddie McCoy Lost overboard off the Shetlands. His body was never recovered.
07/04.1978: Transferred to BUT Aberdeen.
1979: Sold to shipbreakers J Gibson Johnson Ltd Hull en bloc with WYRE DEFENCE, and resold to H Kitson Vickers & Sons (Engineering) Ltd.
12.1979: Resold to S Dalton Skip Hire Ltd and broken up at Bo’ness. 14.01.1980: Fleetwood registry closed.

Note: She was the last British trawler to land a catch from Iceland when the Cod War ended in December 1976.

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M.T. Wyre Revenge FD432Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

1959: Completed by Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley (Yd. No. 950) as WYRE CONQUEROR for Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood. Registered at Fleetwood (FD187).
18.01.1966: In a heavy snowstorm and with a faulty radar (Sk. J. Mecklenburgh) grounded at Mýrdalsansd on the South Coast of Iceland. Crew rescued by breeches buoy by the Icelandic Lifesaving Association.
22.01.1966: Crew flown back to UK.
23.01.1966: Refloated by the gunboat Odin and taken to Reykjavik and found to be undamaged.
1974: On an Icelandic trip. Sailed for 15 minutes through shipping lanes with the wheel unattended. Skipper locked in cabin by a crewman who then threw the keys overboard. Bosun attempted to pick the lock with a screwdriver but failed. Resorted to smashing the door in, injuring the skipper. Two crew later charged at Magistrates court with stealing the keys. The incident was put down to alcohol.
07.04.1978: Transferred to Aberdeen (all Wyre trawlers transferred by BUT)
1979: Sold for scrap to J Gibson Johnston Ltd, Hull.
1979: Re-sold to H Kitson Vickers & Sons Engineering Ltd then re-sold to S Dalton Skip Hire Ltd.
12.1979: arrived Bo’ness for breaking.

1959: Completed by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd, Beverley (Yd. No. 951) for Wyre Trawlers Ltd, Fleetwood as WYRE VICTORY. Registered at Fleetwood (FD181).
17.12.1971: On an Iceland trip landed 916 kits of fish for 14 days (Sk. Tom Watson). Catch included 700 kits of cod and 150 of plaice for £10,207.
14.01.1976: Outward bound for Iceland vessel grounded on submerged reef at Mill Rocks, west of the Isle of Rhum in the Inner Hebrides.

At 6:45 Oban radio received a distress message stating that she had struck Mill Rocks to the SW of Oigh Sgeir Lighthouse (between Barra and Rum), and was badly holed forward and making water fast. At 07:14 the ferry IONA picked up a liferaft with the crew on board. The skipper and the radio operator stayed with the stricken vessel.

WYRE VICTORY’S sister ship, WYRE CONQUEROR, responded to her distress call and floated 3 liferafts across to her. At 07:22 Oban was advised that the wreck had been abandoned but had drifted off the rocks. WYRE CONQUEROR hoped to tow her to Canna but, after drifting with the tide, WYRE VICTORY sank.

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M.T. Wyre Victory FD181Picture courtesy of Peter Hearn

M.T. Wyre Victory FD181Picture courtesy of Peter Hearn

M.T. Wyre Victory FD181Picture courtesy of Mark Stopper

M.T. Wyre Victory FD181Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection

M.T. Wyre Victory FD181Picture courtesy of The David Slinger Collection